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As a 37-year-old husband and father-of-two, I’m accustomed to scoldings from my wife and children but not strangers. So, it’s startling every summer when strolling the beach – many times as refuge from the aforementioned scoldings – to be excoriated by a pre-teen or septuagenarian northern transplant nagging at whatever I’m doing is probably harmful to a sea turtle. It’s an out-of-nowhere assault, like stepping on a land mine. Enjoying a fruity cocktail – plastic straws are turtle-killers! Ghost-crabbing with… Read More »

Coyotes will eat about anything, so it’s not surprising they raid sea turtle nests. How they are able to sneak by the legions of ever-vigilant Turtle Watch volunteers is fairly impressive, though. While this has occurred statewide for about as long as coyotes have inhabited Florida’s turtle-birthing coastal areas, Sanibel Island is feeling their assault for the first time, according to this article: “According to preliminary data, coyotes have dug up about 60 sea turtle nests on Sanibel and Captiva… Read More »

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Ian Nance is a lifelong resident of Central Florida with a passion for hunting and just about anything related. Associate Member of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association. Check back weekly for hunting stories, news, tips, and wild game recipes. Feel free to leave comments or e-mail topics you would like to see addressed here. Contact at inance880@aol.com or follow on Twitter @good_hunt